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Bluffton Family Recreation will hold a golf outing at the Bluffton Golf Club, 8576 Dixie Highway, Bluffton, at 9 a.m., Friday, July 10, according to Joseph Beagle, director.

Golfers must register by Wednesday, July 1. The cost is $60 per golfer or $240 for a team. The outing includes 18 holes and is a four-man scramble.

Food is provided by Thirsty’s of Beaverdam following the outing. Proceeds from the outing go toward new turf at BFR.

Pandora-Gilboa High School athletic department will hold a golf outing on Saturday, July 18, at Hidden Creek Golf Club, 6245 Sugar Creek Road, Lima. It has a 9 a.m. shot gun start.

The entry fee if $50 per player, which includes green fees, cart and dinner. Make checks payable to the Pandora-Gilboa Athletic Department. 

Prizes include closest to the pin and closest putt.

Payments are due by Saturday, July 11.  Mail payments to:
Brent Farley
410 Rocket Ridge
Pandora, OH 4587

Seventh and eighth grade girls spent this week on summer basketball camps. Here they await instructions for their next drill. Click here for a video.

Maple Crest dedicated its new memory garden, pier and screen house on June 9. The $72,000 project was supported by 150 donors. The story below provides additional informatin.

Maple Crest Senior Living Community, Bluffton, dedicated a memory garden, pier and screened house, on June 9.

The $72,000 project and was raised from contributions from 150 donors. Donations were financial and in-kind gifts.

Nearly 75 elders, family members and friends attended the dedication.

A task force of Maple Crest elders including Bob Bowersox, Joanne Niswander, JoAnn and Art Hilty, Clarence Kooker and Burton Yost provided guidance and ideas for the project. 

Daren Lee and Doug Luginbill provided staff leadership to the task force. 

Mennonite Memorial Home, 410 W. Elm St., invites the public to its annual “Concert on the Lawn”, Saturday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m.

"Come and enjoy the music of the Lima Area Concert Band Come and help us celebrate Mennonite Memorial Home’s 60th anniversary," said Laura Voth, Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio CEO.

The concert will include music from the 1950’s and 1960’s in addition to some patriotic selections.  Bring a lawn chair and an appetite. There will be free ice cream, popcorn and beverages along with the fellowship of family and friends.

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